Picture 1: Nicobar Pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica)
The Nicobar Pigeon is the closest relative to both the Rodrigues Solitaire and the Dodo DNA wise. The Nicobar Pigeon however, adapted to its new environment with humans and learned how to fly and reproduce faster. Very light compared to the dodo bird.
Picture 2: Victoria Crowned Pigeon (Goura Victoria)
The Victoria Crowned Pigeon is close to the Nicobar Pigeon trait wise. The reproduction cycle is similar and the diet is the same. A reason they survived while dodos did not, is because they adapted to higher elevations in the Country of New Guinea. Very light compared to the dodo bird.
Picture 3: Tooth-Billed Pigeon (Didunculus Strigirostris)
There is not much information on the tooth billed pigeon as it has been and is currently on the conservation status chart as critically endangered. What people do know is that they have the same diet as the other birds, they live in Samoa, and they are related to the dodo. Something that sets these birds from the rest is that these pigeon's chicks are confined to the ground until they have matured. This combined with hunting, loss of habitat, and cyclones have made this bird close to extinct.
Pictures 4-6: Birds endemic to Madagascar
One of the many theories of why dodo birds are flightless starts with the idea of some birds flying east. They fly and land on an island and from there are unable to move to another island as they are far away from the closest one. They adapt to their environment and stop flying. Just as dodos may have flown east to Mauririus, other birds flew to a large island close to Mauritius, Madagascar. With this, you can assume that some birds endemic to Madagascar are DNA related to the Dodo bird.
The Nicobar Pigeon is the closest relative to both the Rodrigues Solitaire and the Dodo DNA wise. The Nicobar Pigeon however, adapted to its new environment with humans and learned how to fly and reproduce faster. Very light compared to the dodo bird.
Picture 2: Victoria Crowned Pigeon (Goura Victoria)
The Victoria Crowned Pigeon is close to the Nicobar Pigeon trait wise. The reproduction cycle is similar and the diet is the same. A reason they survived while dodos did not, is because they adapted to higher elevations in the Country of New Guinea. Very light compared to the dodo bird.
Picture 3: Tooth-Billed Pigeon (Didunculus Strigirostris)
There is not much information on the tooth billed pigeon as it has been and is currently on the conservation status chart as critically endangered. What people do know is that they have the same diet as the other birds, they live in Samoa, and they are related to the dodo. Something that sets these birds from the rest is that these pigeon's chicks are confined to the ground until they have matured. This combined with hunting, loss of habitat, and cyclones have made this bird close to extinct.
Pictures 4-6: Birds endemic to Madagascar
One of the many theories of why dodo birds are flightless starts with the idea of some birds flying east. They fly and land on an island and from there are unable to move to another island as they are far away from the closest one. They adapt to their environment and stop flying. Just as dodos may have flown east to Mauririus, other birds flew to a large island close to Mauritius, Madagascar. With this, you can assume that some birds endemic to Madagascar are DNA related to the Dodo bird.